This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
Part of: Athens County Area Flooding — July 2026 →
Flood Warning issued July 21 at 8:17PM EDT until July 22 at 2:15AM EDT by NWS Pittsburgh PA
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Belmont, OH; Guernsey, OH; Monroe, OH; Noble, OH; Marshall, WV; Wetzel, WV, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 473,857 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Belmont, OH; Guernsey, OH; Monroe, OH; Noble, OH; Marshall, WV; Wetzel, WV), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
Interactive affected-area map
Belmont, OH; Guernsey, OH; Monroe, OH; Noble, OH; Marshall, WV; Wetzel, WV · ≈ 740 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 ESE Buckhannon, WV
Residents trapped in home along Old Elkins Road due to flood waters.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 WSW Buckhannon, WV
Person trapped on top of camper along Stone Coal Lake Road due to floodwaters.
- Storm report NWS PBZ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 ENE Fultonham, OH
Video from Limestone Valley Rd/Crock Rd on social media shows flooding from Kent Run overflowing its banks. Water extends about 300 ft from the bridge onto Bagley Rd. Time based on post.
- News WTAE
Flood watch, storm warnings in effect in Western Pennsylvania
Show 5 earlier updates
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- WHIZ News
Latest updates from Tuesday's storm - WHIZ - Fox 5 / Marquee Broadcasting
- NWS Pittsburgh PA Bulletin
- CBC News
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for London region as storm races east
- WTRF News
Flood Watch goes into effect this afternoon for much of the area
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.